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Chambers Stevens
Chambers Stevens (born June 10, 1964) is an American actor, playwright, author and acting coach. Stevens was the co-founder in 1988 of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Actor Stevens played the title character in The Steve Spots as well as The Parent Zone ''The Parent Zone'' is a Television special, TV special on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, based on the characters created by David Van Hooser for his TV series ''The Steve Spots''. Starring actors Chambers Stevens and Betsy Sullenger the spec .... For PBS he also played the title character in the children’s series ''Funnybones'', as well as the spin-off series ''Geo-Scout'', for which he received an Emmy nomination., Playwright In 1994 Chambers won the Back Stage Garland Award for his play Desperate for Magic a one-man show in which Stevens also starred. In 2019 Chambers wrote four original plays which all premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Plays * 1989: Desperate for Magic * 2001: Travels with J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville is the most populous city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 61,753. Hendersonville is the fourth-most populous city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Franklin and the 10th largest in Tennessee. Hendersonville is located northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by Daniel Smith, whose house Rock Castle, completed in 1796, is maintained as an historic site. The city is named for William Henderson, the first postmaster. History In 1784 Daniel Smith received a land grant from the state of North Carolina in payment for surveying Middle Tennessee. (North Carolina at the time claimed its boundaries extended to this territory across the Appalachian Mountains.) He began work on his house later known as Rock Castle, but it was not completed until 1796. Due to his surveying trips, he frequently was gone on long journeys, and his wife super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Divisions of East Tennessee, East, Middle Tennessee, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has dive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acting Coach
An acting coach or drama coach is a teacher who trains performers – typically film, television, theatre, and musical theatre actors – and gives them advice and mentoring to enable them to improve their acting and dramatic performances, prepare for auditions and prepare better for roles. Qualifications and roles Acting coaches need to have a "talent...for reading people, all their utterances and body language."Eric Liu. "The People Whisperers:What a Hollywood acting coach taught me about teaching" in Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/teachings/2005/01/the_people_whisperers.html Acting coaches have been called "people whisperers", a reference to "horse whisperers" who help to train animals. Acting coach Ivana Chubbuck states that one of her roles is to ensure that "every actor...must know what the character's objective is in a scene—to win someone's love, respect, sympathy, whatever—and then must have a ruthlessness about achieving the objective." Chubbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nashville Shakespeare Festival
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival is a Shakespeare festival in Nashville, Tennessee. History The Nashville Shakespeare Festival (NSF) originated as the political theatre group Theatrevolution. Theatrevolution was started by theatre director Chambers Stevens, community organizer Ty Brown, Brenda Fowinkle, and Donald Capparella (who is still on the board today), as a way to raise awareness of current political issues. After their first production of ''The Normal Heart'' by Larry Kramer, which dealt with the AIDS crisis, the company started to work with the State of Tennessee, dramatizing social issues for the judicial system. Anxious to get back to their theatrical roots, in 1988 Theatrevolution decided to produce a free Shakespeare play in Centennial Park (Nashville), Centennial Park in Nashville. Chambers Stevens, Chuck Guy, Ty Brown and Brenda Fowinkle founded and incorporated the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, whose first production was ''As You Like It'' by William Shakesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steve Spots
''The Steve Spots'' is a thirty-six episode television show that aired on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat .... Created by director David Van Hooser, each episode dealt with the “trials and tribulations” of Steve played by actor Chambers Stevens. The show aired during the 1987-88 television season. Originally conceived as a twelve part series Van Hooser wrote thirty-six episodes. When the show was cancelled an out pouring of community support forced the station to create ''The Parent Zone''. ''Zone'' was a TV special with the same characters as ''The Steve Spots''.TV Guide, July 1st 1989 References 1987 American television series debuts 1988 American television series endings 1980s American teen drama television series Loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parent Zone
''The Parent Zone'' is a Television special, TV special on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, based on the characters created by David Van Hooser for his TV series ''The Steve Spots''. Starring actors Chambers Stevens and Betsy Sullenger the special dealt with the breakup of a teenage romance. The character of Steve was originally a thirty six episode television show that aired on WSMV. After the cancellation of the show the television station received many complaints. Eventually WSMV brought back the characters and ''The Parent Zone'' aired in July 1989.''TV Guide'', July 1st 1989 (page 131) References 1980s American television specials 1989 television specials 1989 American television episodes Local television programming in the United States {{US-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Stage Garland Awards
The Back Stage Garland Awards — also referred to simply as the Garland Awards, and known as the Back Stage West Garland Awards from 1998 to 2008 — were bestowed by the entertainment-industry newspaper '' Backstage'', honoring excellence in Southern California theatre. The awards recognize many different types of contributors to theatre, including actors, directors, producers, prop makers, set designers, costume designers, and choreographers. Selection process Award winners are selected through a process voted on by theatre critics in the industry. Each Garland winner has appeared on at least three critics' "Best of" lists for the previous year. Critics are each allowed to name "up to five nominees for each category except performance, up to 10 nominees for performance in a musical production and up to 10 in straight productions." Each winner is presented with a "Garland statuette" in the year following their recognized production. History The first awards were pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate For Magic
''Desperate for Magic'' is a one-man multi-character play written and performed by American playwright Chambers Stevens. Written with a grant from The Tennessee Commission and the Ingram Industries Theater Fellowship Ingram Content Group Ingram Content Group is an American service provider to the book publishing industry, based in La Vergne, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Ingram Industries. Shawn Morin is CEO, and John R. Ingram is chairman of Ingram Industries. History Th ..., ''Desperate for Magic'' debuted in Nashville in 1989. Billed as a magical mystery tour through Generation X, Stevens performed as seventeen characters all looking for something magical in their lives. Dubbed "a male Lily Tomlin" by Los Angeles Magazine, the play, directed by Betsy Sullenger, went on a national tour. In 1994, it was awarded a Garland (Critic's Pick) by Backstage West. In 2001, ''Desperate for Magic'' was published by the Eldridge Publishing Company.http://epc-library.com/pdf/2248f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travels With Jack Lemmon's Dog
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. Travel(s) may also refer to: Music * ''Travel'' (Future of Forestry EP), 2009 * ''Travel'' (Mamamoo EP), 2020 * ''Travel'' (The Necks album), 2024 * ''Travels'' (Defeater album), 2008 * ''Travels'' (Jake Shimabukuro album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Travels'' (Pat Metheny Group album) or the title song, 1983 * "Travels", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from '' Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.'', 2018 Television * Travel Channel, an American pay television channel ** Travel Channel International * "Travel" (''Rob & Big''), a 2008 TV episode Other uses * Travel (basketball), or traveling, a rule violation * ''Travel'' (magazine), later ''Travel Holiday'', a defunct American magazine * .travel, a top-level Internet domain * Travel, in keyboard technology, the distance a keycap moves when pressed * ''Travels'' (book), a 1988 non-fiction book by Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twain And Shaw Do Lunch
''Twain and Shaw Do Lunch'', formerly known as ''Shaw and Twain Do Lunch'', was written by Chambers Stevens and made its world premiere at Miami's New Theatre in December 2011. It is based on a real meeting between Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 .... The full-length comedic play has won the Fourteenth Annual Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival in Long Beach, CA, the 2005 Palm Springs International Playwriting Festival for Best Comedy, and has also appeared in the Futurefest at the Dayton Playhouse. Browncreative.com. Retrieved on October 20, 2011. References ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
